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Eng. A venerable sutra of high principles, called " Punclarika, the great mer- 

 ciful one." This was delivered by Sha'kya in a grove of Sal trees near the 

 town KusJia {Kdma-rupa, in Assam) on the evening he was about to die. 

 Addressing KuN-i)GAH-vo (Sans. Ananda) he orders him to prepare him 

 his dying bed. He tells him his performances, and the substance of his 

 doctrine. His discourse with A'nanda. The miracles that happened when 

 he lay down (between a pair of Sal trees) on his right side, like a lion — all 

 trees, shrubs, and grasses bow themselves towards that side; all rivers or 

 streams stand still ; all beasts and birds sit still and move not for food; all lucid 

 or shining bodies are affuscated ; all sufferers in hell are assuaged ; all those 

 in misery are relieved; all the gods feel some displeasure with their own 

 residence. ^^^^ Ts'ha'ngs-pa, (Sans. Brahma,) together with his train, pays 

 his respect to ^chom-ldan-ztdas. From leaves 80 to 90, there is a descrip- 

 tion of their conversation on the subject of creation — by whom was the 

 world made. Sha'kya asks several questions of Brahma' — whether was it 

 he who made or produced such and such things, and endowed or blessed 

 them with such and such virtues or properties — whether was it he who 

 caused the several revolutions in the destruction and regeneration of the world. 

 He denies that he had ever done any thing to that elFect. At last he himself 

 asks Sha'kya how the world was made — by whom? Here are attributed 

 all changes in the world to the moral works of the animal beings, and it is 

 stated that in the world all is ilkision ; there is no reality in the things ; all is 

 empty. Brahma' being instructed in his doctrine, becomes his follower. 

 Sha'kya vindicating the universe for himself, commits it to the care of 

 Brahma', and directs him what to do for promoting virtue and happiness in 

 the world, leaf 90. His (Sha'kya's) conversation with Ded-2?pon, 

 the son of Ka'ma-de'va — his instructions to him. His conference with Indra, 

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